What is the Atlas Bone? The cervical spine (neck) contains 7 bones or vertebrae labeled C1 - C7. The C1 vertebra, known as the Atlas, is the first bone in the spinal column. It's named Atlas, after the Greek Titan who was condemned to hold up the world on his shoulders (in this case [...]
Medical Implants and Devices Lack Proper Testing Did you know that most medical implants and devices have never been properly tested for safety? Millions of Americans live with medical implants that consist of: Breast Implants Artificial Hips Spine Screws, Rods and Artificial Discs Heart Pacemakers Artificial Hips Intra-Uterine Devices (IUDs) Artificial Knees Coronary Stents [...]
Chiropractic Neck Adjustment Benefits If you want to understand what chiropractic neck adjustment benefits might be relevant to you, it might help to start with an analogy. Many people experience immediate relief from cracking their joints. This can be from cracking knuckles, fingers, toes, backs and even our neck. Some people find that it [...]
How Your Diet Impacts Joint Pain As a Functional Medicine Doctor, I’ve seen incredible results with patients who were able to successfully implement changes in their diet (alone) and eliminate many of their chronic pain symptoms, whether they were suffering from Neck Pain, Back Pain or some severe autoimmune disease, such Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogrens, [...]
The Hierarchy of Human Movement Before you can understand why I'm not a fan of the following movements, you need to understand the hierarchy of human movement. I almost have to stop myself from going to a fitness center at the beginning of the year because of "crash exercises" that absolutely cause harm to [...]
Can Your Gut Cause Joint Pain? Even Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said all healing begins in the gut! And more than 2,300 years later, we are just beginning to unravel the importance of the microbiome (collection of bacteria in your gut) and it's relationship to weight loss, brain chemistry, hormone balance, autoimmunity [...]
Why is back pain so difficult to treat? Back pain, including acute and chronic low back pain, is a common problem that interfere's with everyone at some point in their life. Up to 80% of adults will experience low back pain at least once in their lives and according to one study, the one [...]
What Happens When You Crack Your Back As a Chiropractor I've developed an obsession with cracking things. And one of the most common questions I get asked is, "Why does cracking the back produce that super cool sound?" ... some people might beg to differ on the degree of coolness? In short, the sound [...]
Doctors Are Reversing Recommendations on Baby Aspirin For years, medical organizations, pharmaceutical companies and physicians have all recommended that taking a daily dose of aspirin (baby aspirin) would help prevent a heart attack or stroke. But this week, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association just reversed that idea. This recommendation [...]
Do You Have Rounded Shoulders? Hunched, Slouched or having Rounded Shoulders are all signs of poor shoulder position that can absolutely cause headaches, neck pain, mid back pain and even low back problems. Over the last few weeks I've shared a few articles that detail my 6 Minute Morning Movement Routine. This entire routine [...]
